Word: echoeing
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...VERY first words addressed to me by my summer employer were unremarkably observant. "My God," he cried, "you're English." This, alas, is all too true. It is also something of a novelty in the British Houses of Parliament, where the lobbies echo with the sound of eager young Americans panting for the fray. Far from being the club-like sanctum it popularly is supposed to be, the British Parliament rapidly is becoming a summer camp for hordes of keen foreigners...
...Peter, which had been praised by his teacher in Seville, Francisco Pacheco. The crucified Peter who materializes upside down in a reddish visionary fog to the entranced St. Peter Nolasco in one of Zurbaran's weirder paintings -- an astonishing prophecy of late Dali as well as an echo of Caravaggio -- must have been inspired by that copy...
...Rectitude. Biden vowed that his campaign will continue, but barring some cleansing act of valor, he may be doomed to limp along until the chance comes to withdraw honorably from the fray. In the end, Biden may be remembered as the candidate who truly offered the voters an echo and not a choice...
...with a weakening heart and prostate cancer, Khomeini nonetheless grants public audiences, meets weekly with the families of martyrs and even performs Islamic marriage ceremonies. On most days, though, he remains secluded in his house in north Tehran, emerging from time to time to issue the whispery proclamations that echo around the world. Intimates say the Ayatullah yearns to ensure that the revolution will survive long after he is gone. That may not be possible, given the nation's fractious politics and the fact that none of the potential successors possesses Khomeini's ability to mesmerize the country...
Dillon Professor of French Civilization Stanley Hoffmann, who also teaches Moral Reasoning courses, says that although the creation of the Core requirement was "a very good thing," ethics "ought to be a part of the teaching of every topic." Hoffmann's statements echo the concerns of teachers and administrators at the professional schools, as they grapple with the question of how to integrate ethics into the curriculum...